Teru frowned and wanted to put her down. But the moment her legs touched the ground she started to falter and fell over. Teru picked her up with one hand and held her in his arms.
"Little brat, who are your parents"
Harue looked angry at Teru and shrugged.
"Why would I tell you that meanie? And don't you dare put me down again. My poor feet are tired your arms are good enough to hold me "
Teru looked astonished at Harue. Her character reminded him of Haruka. Could this be the fifth? If so who will hurt Haruka and Hama?
"Mmm, little brat if you don't tell me, I can't help you either. Didn't you say someone would hurt your mother and Hama?"
The moment Harue heard that, her eyes became red and watery. She looked at the grumpy man. Yes she knew for sure, she had seen him somewhere. She looked at Teru and hesitated.
The more she looked at him, the more she found him to look like her father's portrait. But she had never seen him, so she wasn't sure.
She decided to play a word game with him. She would not immediately say who her parents were. But if he were her father he would understand what she meant. She looked at him and said
"I am the youngest of the five children my parents have. I have three older brothers and one older sister. I belong to the royal family but my family would not be the first to have a claim to the throne "
Teru looked at the little girl and became impatient by the minute. What riddle is this? He had clearly only asked her who her parents were.
"Little brat, I'm starting to lose my temper"
Harue looked at him pouted and crossed her arms
"So rude to interrupt a lady in the middle of her story. Where was I ? ow .. yes here .. My mother sees more than another, but less than herself. What others often see later, she sees first. "
Then Harue shrugged and said
"And yes my father has only seen four of his children and left the fifth to travel in search of himself. So they say but i know they are keeping the truth about him not raising me from me"
Teru felt a stab in his heart when he heard that she said her father had left the fifth of his children. Before he could say anything, he felt the ground shake and saw something coming in the distance.
Within a few minutes a large chesnut fox with yellow eyes and eight tails came to a halt in front of them.
"Bai! What are you doing here, is Dad there too ?! "
Harue struggled to get out of Teru's arms and when she succeeded she ran to Bai. Not knowing where she was and Bai suddenly turning up, she did not think that Bai had probably appeared because Teru had called him.
She thought she might be wrong and the mean man was not her father at all, but someone with bad intentions.
Because her mother had regularly taken Bai to their estate, she also did not know that Bai were actually housed in a secret location with the other foxes whose masters had betrayed the fox tribe.
Harue's eyes brightened. Could it be that Dad felt she was in danger and had called Bai to her help? Or was it that Dad's journey was over and he had found himself? Even though she knew he did not leave to find himself. But Harue didn't even understand how anyone could lose themselves.
Teru looked at the girl who was visibly in thought as she embraced Bai's leg. He looked at Bai and Harue and wondered how they knew each other.
"Little brat, what are you doing with my fox. Aren't you afraid he'll hurt you? "
Harue stuck out her tongue and said
"My name is not little brat, I am Harue!"
When Teru heard her name, he was certain that this little girl was his fifth child. Haruka had given him another daughter and it looks like the little one is also a seer.
"Okay, Harue my name is Teru. Tell me quickly who will hurt Haruka and Hama? "
At first Harue was a bit skeptical, but when she heard Teru say her mother's name, she was sure he was really her father. She had always thought that when she would finally meet her father that she would jump a hole in the air from joy. But now that she was finally standing in front of her father, she was stuck in her place.
Because of the different emotions that came to her, her thoughts were unstable and the moment she was holding Bai more firmly, she grabbed her head again and got different images in her head.
In the images she saw how her mother and Hama were attacked by a surprise attack. Although Haruka and Hama were able to anticipate it well, they were in the minority, which ensured that they were overpowered.
She saw that Haruka used herself as a shield to protect Hama, which caused her to be hit by several arrows and fell down.
Hama was not fast enough and was hit by an arrow. But because the arrows contained poison, she became paralyzed and Hama also fell down.
When the images were gone, Harue was so upset that she ran to Teru and clung to his foot.
"Mama and Hama! Mama and Hama! "
Teru picked up Harue and jumped on Bai's back with a smooth movement
"Tell me everything you've seen while we're on the road. dont Leave out any detail. "
As Bai ran through the large hectares of land at great speed, Harue told as much as possible of what she could still remember. Teru's face was grim when she finished telling.
"Tell me what does the environment look like in the images?"
Harue thought and tried to see the images again. Then she explained in great detail what the surroundings looked like and what she could still remember.
"Okay, our roads separate here. I have what I came for. Don't worry Haruka and Hama will be okay, i give you my word. If you continue to walk straight ahead on this pathe you will arrive at the palace again. I am sure someone would be waiting for you. "
He jumped from Bai with Harue in his arms and pointed at which path she needed to walk. Harue looked from the path to Teru and then back.
"Dad, it looks like you still lost yourself. Although you will leave me again, I am glad I saw you at least once in my life. "
Harue briefly hugged his leg and then ran in the direction he had shown her. While Teru looked bewildered for a few seconds at the disappearing silhouette of Harue.
He recovered quickly and then jumped on Bai's back. before he left he shouted
"Little Brat I'm sorry you have to grow up without a father, but your father is a weak man and has to many faults that can not be easily forgiven. But I do love my wife and ALL of my children"
When he was done with speaking he looked a ahead and he gestured to Bai that they could leave
"Bai you rush towards location number three of the elders. And Hurry!"
When Harue was sure that Teru had left, she started to walk slower. She did not know if she could trust Teru even though he was her father. She didn't even know him. But she had clearly heard the last thing he shouted after her.
She was so in her thoughts that she didn't realize that several people were running towards her and calling her. Tatsu was the first to reach her. He picked her up and looked closely at her
"Princess Harue what are you doing here? How did you manage to get here on your own? "
Harue looked at Tatsu and shrugged
"I was after a butterfly"
Everyone looked at her with suspicion, but they decided to leave it for now and return to the Palace.
Kaida looked behind them for a moment and closed her eyes
"Long keep following Teru, I want to know where he is traveling"
She opened her eyes and went back to the palace behind the rest.